Village record. (Waynesboro', Pa.) 1863-1871, September 10, 1869, Image 1

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VOLUME XXII.
ulavaataca 4 ,
pl Swiss, English, andAtneriyan Manufacture ;
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cheaper than ever before sold in WayneShore', all
the latest s tyles kept constantly on' hand.
Every variety of Cuff buttons. A ,fine assort
ment of
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FINGER AND F 4 AU RINGS.
Solid Gold. Engagement and
WEDDING RINGS,
Pilver Thimbles and sheelds,' Castors, Forks, and
spoons, Salt Cann, and Butter Knives of the cel
ebrated Roger Manufacture, at reduced rates.
SPECI'ACLES
•
T o suit everybody's eyes. New glasses put iu old
frames..
Clachq. Watches, and Jewelry promptly and
neatly repaired and warranted.
ALEX. LEEDS,
Next door to, the Town Rall, under the Photograph
41 11 3' 3.1.
Ai MEnk,Va
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DRITGO,
C 11 emiéals,
PATENT MEDICINE 4;
PREPARATIONS FOR THE HAIR,
OILS, PAIN TSS
V4RNISHESES,
dire. tte.
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a=rPhsicians dealt with
at 20 per cent. discount.
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Wuynesburu' ‘ illutel Building,
WAYNESBORO', P.
',torch 27, Mi."
. - wAYNEsPoRce, FRANKLIN couNTY; frINSTINANIA4 .FRIDAY. MORNING
iDoxi
THE tIOHHHAI 'OF HEAVEN
C; ib'S
Around eaelk.earth -bound spirit
'• A world of beauty Bev— • •.• •
Of fragrant glowers hod golden Pettit
Seen by the'spiit's eyes. , , , ,
And music deep and wondrous,sweet ,
Among these flown!! move;
Singing the heavefilfmsibdies
-_ Which the wat dung api.fitaleBe..7.l
A world of beauty wholly made •
• 01 man's inferior life,
His holy thoughts, those "fragrant flowers"
Which do not grow in strife.
The "fruit," his deeds of love on earth,
That "music sweet," the breathing
Of the immortal soul to GOd,
And harmony receiving.
O ye who tread God's beauteous earth,
And dwell before Ills face,
-ye aro in mg- ay- y- •
your own abiding place
Your Words of love, your gent lest thoughts,
• , ufsH-ghleitacts-are-there
And the breath of fife which nil met breatho
Is the answer unto prayer.
Then fill your hearts with heavenly -thoughtsil
'our liVe - a - with - tleeds - of lovei
And beautiful beyond compare,—
They'll bloom for you above.
Thug may ye build a world of light,
Of wondrous sights and sounds,
Where, ':nid the joys which angels know,
The-peate--of-God-abounds.
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The last scene in the fall of Richmond is
thus described by E. I'. Pollard, editor of
the Richmond Enquirer during the war, in
his life of Jefferson Davie, just issued from
the press. It is entirely new, and strikingly
interesting :
'At 11 &clock in the morning General
Lee wrote a dispatch to President Davis, at
Richmond, advising him that the army could
not hold its position, and that preparations
should be made to evacuate the capitol that
night? He might have added in the dis.
patch what he remarked to one of IniThaff
officers, as with embittered, but lofty face,
he saw his army breaking up in the broad
sunshine 'lt has happened as I told them
it would at Richmond; the lino has been
stretched until it has broke.
No sound of the battle—not an echo, not
a breath— bad yet reached the 'doomed city.
It was a lovely Sabbath day, and Richmond
basked in its beauty and enjoyed more than
usual remission from the cares of the week.
There were no sounds-as of the vexed thor.
oughfare; the long streets laid open, not a
vehicle upon them; the murmur of the riv
tir gave tones only to soothe the ear, and the
silent pulses of the sunshine beat slowly in
the misty, warm air that laid an the land
scape. It was a day of careless thoughts.—
The usual Sunday orowd lounged near the
Post Office,- exchanging rumors of war, or
the latest depraved gossip of Riohmond so
ciety. .Hundreds wended their way to the
churches, while not t t'ew of 'their country's
hope trod the paths beaten as sheep walks
to the back entrances of the whisky shops
on Main street, and sought consolation in the
flowing bowl. Ladies dressed in old finery,
in which the fashions of many years were
mingled, were Satisfied to make a display . at
St. Paul's Church about equal to the holiday
wardrotiessin better days of 'the -negroes at
the African Church. At the former church
worsbiped.Mr. Davis.. ill e now. sat
,s till and
alone tti lthe Presideat's pew'— where no one
outsidebis family bad ever dared to intrude
since Mrs. Davis had ordered tho sexton to
remove two ladies who had ventured there,
and ,who, on turning their feces to the adme,
nitiati to leave'. delivered befOre the ..itthole
ooegregation, had . proved, to thediSmay and
well-deserved mortification of the President's
wife, to bo the daughters of General Lee.—
Mr. Davis was an honest worshipper. But
a Sunday before Mal:lemonade' one; Davis,
Gen. Lee, and Secretary Trenholai bad gone
together to the communion 'table, and many
eyes in the congregation had been moistened
to see these three men, on whom depended
so many human hopes, kneelingside by side
to partake of the most prceious and comfort
ing sacrament of the church. Now. a very
different scene was to be witnessed. '
In the midst of the service; a man walked
noiselessly into the church, and handed tree
President a slip of paper, Mr. Davis road
the paper, rose, and walked out of the church
witbtont - agitation, but ! his face, - .and _'manner
evidently constrained ; an"iineasy .
ran through the crowd of worshippers, and
many bistened into the street. The congre
gation was soon distiiissed: The rumor had
alr•Ady: &ilea the streittbat=lliehmond was
to be evacuated ; it was, confinedto a few
who penetrated the closed doors of .the War
Department, or made inquiries at the.; tele
'lollo-4,Ke 0° G. 1 :9!.15°1 1 'm t
haa no 1110jiVe to suppress the sad trial,
but, on thserintraiy,'Wee in. duty *SA to
inform the people and prepare them.fer the
exigeney,4t.am remarkable , that there. was no
authentic annonnoonient of the intended .43-
iniination,46 published erder'oS the Sub
ject, no offigial;witifieaties'or any sort'; end
that news in which every. man's household
was involved was left to wander all day as a
Tagne repot . 1 . 6 the kill:gets, only , to Im.ctir•
49Lia, Xi:A.4ls3;o43nrotticki.lll o. siptititi't4i.. I •
•-', t. 1 ,.! 4:14 1111` , P11:.."; t.ll
aped by the actual, vilih 9 fact ; ia•,o9, AT4-
9rritieo, loavioLtbo
A"little past ncee hem° 'regiments ottoeg
eireat'a'oothtberid; Oil the:north of Jamie rill . ;
er; seen marching to the: city; on: their
way: tosuiefor4o : aen. Loo'. ,battle; be
was ARM ,Rupppsed,
.to be,rnak , ing flye or
reonver,bia lines before' Peterabitrg.•" Tbe
geldiers'inebdd:t#ltif il•ltntetting step; 'and;
ode° . tm• their disorderettmarehi groans were
called.fortlofferaen Formerly, when
Confoderate • ; soldiers . had paseed, through
Richmond, there • .b ad" been musk!, itteera,
'crowds Of ah'ciuting throngs be la.
dies Handing' on the balconies of• the OM
pal hotels ma' Main street,.to • wave • their •ar
diens, ,perohance to scatter ilowere,oe' them,
at. : loast to bestow upon them sweet and ie r
spirit% Colibtonancee. Now, as' they passed
threiughi thn tbotortghfire; oily a fewi epee=
tutors looked on sadly and cynically ; no note
of music cheered the; sullen.. procession • of
men marching sadly and wearily to Death;
a few blank faces appeared at Mit window's,
and on the balcony of the American Hotel
only two or three ladies stood. It was Mel.
ancholy „to see one of ,them„eimply wave a
single handkerchief in a hesitating way, and
they stop, pale and wounded,' as not a single
soldier cheered dr recogaiacd• the oompli,
nicht:
As the day wore on, it was noticed that
- -wagens - were - driven=tcr-the=dootsc- - orf - the - De
partmente, and toile pudic store-houses—
many of them branded as Governittent -Wag
ons' many_nondescriptg—and •al - :-
_ • 11-t-lreDanville , -depot._ Tlre,-nocumula,
tion of army stores there, and of ticketed
boxes, left no doubt that the city was to be
evacuated. Signs of hurry increased; wa
gncrlorig-el-• Triven-in-o-rder,---t-orelltrough
-the-streets-;-men-seemed-possessed with a
mania to to their houses, to snatch from
them some hasty baggage, and to rush to the
nearest exit from the city. In less than an
hour horn the first appearance of the witgOn
- trains - on the streets, the whole population of
Richmond was involved in a panic. •
. Whet scenes emitted it - is - impossible to de
scribe. What a change fell upon this city,
palled its wanton and hitherto unabashed rev
elry, and spread terror through its wicked
-•- • • ' • :Olt•-frent-the-u:
•
-ed-expanse-of-lreaven T ean-enly-be-imenin • , -
as the comparison indicates, in the of
some sudden wrath-visited fromi the skies.—
For-four years Riohmond had lived in the
easy riot of the war. Now it appeared as if
the day of judgement hid been called upon
it. Now• there was hurrying to and fro.—
Now the panic-stricken city oke - ttp, as if
riven by lightning, into black; torn crowds of
maddened men, conscience-stricken fugitive,
sobered revelers, blanched women • and chil
dren,
fleeing wildly through the streets, over
the bridges of the river, through every
av
enue of escape flow the terrible day of judg
ment—the chariots of fire and wrath that
were next day to ehter the . doomed city. It
was a seene 'never to be forgotten in the mem •
wry of Richmond. The' night was hoatse
with the roar. of .the great flight.
The reporter of the Associated Press whit
was aware that eight o'clock had beqn desig
nated by General Lee as the hour for evac
uation, unless in the meantime he succeeded
in re-establishing his lines, in which event
he would telegraph again, attended the room
of General Bieckinridgo at that hour,
and
was admitted. He came out with a blank
fees.
'There is no hope,' said Gen. Breokinridgo,
and he walked quietly from the building to
the house where President Davis was then
concealed, making private preparations for
his, flight. There was no last connoil or con
ference All that there was of deliberate as
sembly—all that remained of the once proud
and• loquacious . Government of Jefferson Da
vis—was to appoint the rendezvous and time
for
_flight, the Cabinet ; Members, being in•
strutted to meet the.i'residont at . the Dan
vine depot a littlo before midnight, ,
The Capitol apfeered deserted, but as night
fell it was noticed that the, main dour was a
jar. [lid away in an obscure room in the
third story, the City •Couooil was anxiously
debating what ceremonies were necessary for
the surrender of the city, since "the'Presi
dent was supposed to have alretitly' fled, or
to be concealed•for the • present in:Mambos.
ter, and the duty of,surrepdering. the Capi
tol was. thus developed upon its municipal
authorities It was a cowardly debate, re
moved from the observation of 'the citizens.
One of the councilmen' was ostentatiously
dressol in a Confederate uniform. So es.
treme was their concern - for the safety of - the
city, such the anxiety for its readiest humili
ation, that it was arranged . that a notifies den
oX rurreuder should be giveebefore the ner,t
day broke, and throe hours
.past midnight,
the Mayor, despite his eighty years of age,
'was - startld in a dilariidated vehicle on • the
mission of surrendering Richmond before the
enemy could got in 'sight of it.' .
Before the Mayor could mount on his mis
sion to the. enemy. a new and sarprising;ter
ror fell upon the city. It ,had been fired in
.various , quarters, - and there. were. already
gleams of conflagration on the dark. horizon.
While the heaving and tumultuous .city was
'oven at, this berm of the night, tilled with pil
lagers and marauders—and convietafreie the
penitentiary, who had escaped, their guards
having fled; tied lawleas soldiers who' were
no longer wider control, the main command
of General Revell hafing already tratetied
cross.the bridge's over 'the 'ricer '=
-the Wake
fnl and' anxious eyes of theasands':of - terri.
flied citizens looking from' their' windowa
'heletits..;i4wr appstkition.
from the - black' wastes of - 'the-night.. Word
came th . at.the ,Shookoe Watebeirso was fired;
then,agaio,.that three other hirge•Warehoures
that contained fobueco. !Ad 'bee9 Oen to
, the i fl f amee, !was Joe late; .I.qoteridef'the
-04ivoinFiletA 71,9,rdeirciiged
L
k •
The cofillagration had proceeded', from a
strange negligence*Of :Presideat
was a standieg ',order . .iti, the ,CoPfederaey,
that cotton and tobaecoehotild h litirued on
the approach of,tbi) enemy ;. 4bed - sonle, W4l
before in a general discussion in the nels
paperseusid what'might possibly , talie*ce
atlßiehmoudi,lt was puggeatpii thAt,the Atkin
there was of these f atspiee in ,tbe i p k ty o sii.ould
be removed; -- lincl . femiunded in the 'Fait
Grounds, outside . , thp oiky x where -,they
be convenient and, .91eauly.deetr . p,yed'in ease
of necessity. 'l 4 be sugge - stiOkwid e l eit
ed PiP sided t'Diffis.z
bacc - o remained storedin large.and.statterda
warehuses in the last built,pary of
'the Pit o Y. 'ln' the tiepidati 'thicklon of 'hits flight,
Arid in the ekeessive - coneorn'oPlis own safe'
ty, Mr.. Davis Appears, to W0(008 the order
for burning the cotton an d tobacco up,-
changed; at least the supposition dfl;egledt
is most-charitable, fp; it is bardly,to, be,gup
posed that hp Would . have doliberatOy
periled: die .
60,1M0 peppfe, 'tfe
etrOy 'and 'diplive the eeemy'of so'me
nificant 'Storer:of the total 'value , of ; which it
has been computed, that it would not fur
nish one any'elratiens for the Whole of Grant's
army :
The'ne q uAsition of riches seems, from ,
.o,le
beginning of tithe, 10 . been`bnebf dian's
universal passions. Many causes have tend
ed to inspire it. In the hands of the good,
riches have - been a•blessing ; but who will
say 'that, in the hands of the majority, riches
-have-not-been.a corrupter-,anda--eureel
The maddest and the saddest lives have
been spent in the aeontnulatian-of—richee.
Yet there is no ell in ~ e , th .
root of evil. When the pursuit of fortithe
does not curtail humanities, and its posses•
sion enlarges rather than diminishes man's
aspirati4is to - do - good and be —useful among
man, iehes are fair and--loiely tis the Wings
of ministering' angels, It is a noble• feeling,
and worthy of -his exalted oharacter,--,that
man should 'logic to surroundhimself with
comfort .independence.• This .feeling
-my be cherished without undue selfishness
•
hard, if the heart,. and themore of
or _ o.
this - As - WM . 6goods the true man - possesses,
the 'more suffering and want ho eau ' relieve.
Sought rightly as a moans, riches are a no.
blo pursuit sought and honored as an cad,
LABOR. -- There is much truth in the
statement that none so little enjoy life, and
are such burdens to themselves, as those who
have nothing to do. The, active only haire
the true relish of life. Ile who knows not
what - iris to' labor; knoWs not what it is to
enjoy. Redreation is only enjoyable as it
'unbends us. The idle know nothing of it.
It is exertion that renders rest delightful,
and sleep sweet and undisturbed. That the
happiness of life 'dOpende on the regular
prosecution of some laudable purpuse t or
lawful calling, which engaged, helps and, en
livens ilreur powers, let those bear wittreis
who, after spending years id notive useful
ness, retire to enjoy themselves;' they then
find i leisnmafiurden rather than a pleasure.
TFIE GRAVE OE HAWTHORNE. -- Ho lies
buried close ;to Thoreau,; on , tbe, highest
point of the sleepy Hollow cemetery. ..Two
small, oval stones bear tbe simple name,
(Hawthorne; without date or anything else
Thegrave 19 covered with thick growing
myrtle, and in one corner of the evergreen
hedge which surrounds the lot is a haw.
Morn tree. It is a poet's grave, and noth
ing in the surroundings of his home can
;compare with.it..--ConeordlLetier.
, •
flow TO KEEP Mere is no man
but 'Who would tojoic'e 'to have a way pointed
Out bY which he alight :honestly attain riches.
No one would .thank ter for a prosoription to
insure poverty„and yet. thcrq is many a man .
who keeps himself poor by indulging in the
following : Two glasses of ale a day at ten
cents, eventy-three dollars; three cigars, ono
after each meal, one 'hundred and 'nine 'dol.
lire and fifty gents; board for a big'dog,.tbit•
ty dollars—all in one year, two hundred and
twolve dollars.and : Arty cents—sufficient. to
buy, six barrels of dour, one barrel of sngar,
one sank of 'c o ffee, a good coat, respectable
diess,e frock for the biabl, and bilft% doitin
pairs of shoes. . • •
' Diction; wrote : 'There ;is rnothing 'beau.
Wel thstilies and is forgotten; An infant, a
prattling child, dying in ita cradle, will live,a
gain in the better thoughts of those who love
it, ploy its"part though its body. be burned to
ashes; of drowned in the deepest ass. There
is not an angel added to the hosts oj" heaven,
•but does its blessed work on earth in those
that loved it there. - Dead 1 Gb, if the
good deeds of human creatures mould be
traced to their source,. how beautiful would
oven death appear; for how much charity,
mercy, purified aftiction would bti Steen to
have theirgfeWth'iredunty griveg. " •'
As daylight, can be, acon .throngit, very
small boles, so little_ things will illustrate a
person's oharatterr, Indeed, character con.
sists in little: cots, habitually and honorably
perfornie , d, life being the .quarry from
which we build 'it 'bp 'and rough how the
habits thationi it: ": • •
Dr. Tyng met an emigrant family going
Wept.- lao• one of the wagons there -111116 g a
jog with the bottom knookod oiat; :What is
that V,. asked the DOW., .is.my
Taylotin t ,iond,the naßn., .And what is a
l'aylOr jog ? askittl iho Doctor again. - 'Thad
•a Pod in" Taylor's •trMY in *Misloo, and' the
Oeneral•alwaytr.ttAd i him 'to 61130as:whisky
iag , with a hole iO, theebottom, and that's it.
.ft
,i 0 tbehest invention I ever wet
,with , for
he ' drinkers ' -:•
A YOUNG lady once- married n man , by the
. name or rThisti.against;thewiah spar.
.ctutsk.i Alum a alert time .they-lined unhotp . •
pity together, and Ithe.retureer4o,b,T 3 hth;
er's house, but he _refused to receive her;
ilayiegil*ost. , (how art r and, unto Diult :thon
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Timmloymieit , ,taßbionatiie , wed
ding wee,seelebrated i in,oo.,Fogith,. Dietriot:
Vict:briclelf9.ll-Mtty,ree , married
ladies. aro g , the pont% I wo§ , glass., of
fashiP4:Bll.4 fb 0 1 111 9; 11 4:9(brul ..... it::::,011 1 014T
of invited guests lent grace—end•,beeoty ; to
the, oaeasian f andf bear ty congratulations testi
flosi•Abe ill4c4..witilms ef :many fritincla ; for, fhe
gappiness gtf, tile newly wedded pair.„Out
pa ; tkoo ro -tvaupd rapidly, apd„ the Lip ,for
retiting: eame,ati fast- . 1 • 11 1 0 ,bri4o !as leci by
laugbieg- bridge-maids ..,up to , her . ct amber
doer.,, 4utlimagina. their
• surprise whoa it
was, opened .by.alady polity and elegantly
clad in a traveling suit, and evidori tly wait
ing•for an interview..
, beg pardon, eandamLbut yiitt appear, as
leniehad, said •the ;strange. lady. , •
, Anus; opn fess ..I, not, expect to see any
one, here, replied the, bride.
toadetn;,Ltamo` in very privately, and
wished atuie terview,,subjeot to 40 interrup
tion:, , , : , : •
It did not,oeout to the bride to inquire by
whom she bad been introdueed„or .by what
means she had gained access
,to„ her apart
ment,
'lt hi very strange, ma'am, and I can't ha
:nine why you, wish to see me
'The'reason is simple.. . The man.you have
just married has imposed on you. lam Lis
--
'Oh 1 imposaiblo—yon rave I,' and the lady
air a mos ainting
- blOll - 0 -a rie . as-rare y eon ear .
speedily brought the, family to tho door with
terror-stricken faces, and with them the bride
all-asking—wi th-trem
'What ia.the, world is the matter.?', ,
'Oh Edward,' - oried the bride, 'the person
says she's your wife.' •
, 'My wife l' shouted the astonished hus•
band, 'why she's , insane'. .
- The strange lady stood' up milt and un
t-b av ing-perpetrate
this great wickedness, you will have : the
hardihood to deny that I am your lawfully
wedded wife I' she asked, looking the sorely
troubled Edwar3 full in the eye.
t 'afore in
idled man.
7=Tne .
The lady regarded him very much as a
minister would a parson given over to total
depravity.
'Oh I Edward, rib afraid it's too true I
and I love you so ! cabbed the young wile,
'how could you have treated me so P
tell you I haven't got any wife but you;
this woman is an impostor.'
The strange lady uttered a low, mocking.
laugh. The scene was getting interesting
to the last degree. The ladies were all cry
ing,'and the fattier of the bride stern s and
indignant. lie bad been for some time, in
tently regarding the strange lady, when Sud
denly his eyes lighted up, and an amused
smile played on his life. Be' took a atop
forward, ' and laying his hand on the shoulder
of the strange lady, raid :
'Come, John, this is very'eleverly played.
But it's time it was over;' and following the,
impulse . of his arm the stranger was pushed
into the ball.
'John—who—what?' exclaimed all at. once.
It was the bride's younger brother a wick
ed boy; who had played naughty prank,
with the aid of his• sister's traveling suit,
and the, chigoes and ,earls. • _
It is scarcely necessary to remark that
harmony wail very spdedily restored.—.N.
Pitayure:
.., A couple of Yankee girls put a bull - frog
into the hired man's bed
‘ to see • if they could
Make him talk. Daniel threw the frog out
the windoW and never said a word. soon
after be put a bushel'of chestnut bum into
the girls' led, and about the time he thought
they would make the least shadow. Daniel
went to the door and rattled the latclfuriots
ly. Oat went the light and in want the 'girls;
but they-didet stickohough the buritrdid
Calling to them,. to be quiet; be only wanted
.to know if they had 'sem} .anythlng ot, that
,pesky bullfrog; he'd giye two dolli}rs.to.fiad
him.
. A, traveler called 'at a hotel-, in Albany,
and asked the waiter for a bootjack.,'What
for ?'-said the astonished, waiter. "To take
of my boots.' ! what, a fut the
waiter remarked, who surveyed the mon
strosity, for the man had-an enoimens foot.
At lentis---we may say, at full length—he
gave it as has deliberate opinion that there
wasn't a bootjack in all CrealiOn of any me
foiEtt 4 fiit' like that, andltiii if the , traveler
wanted 'them are' • hoots o ff be would have
to go back to the fork in the road to get them
off: • - '
An elderly gentleman,. accustomed to 'in
dulge; entered the room of a certain tavern,
where wat'a grave Frietid by the fire: Lift.
ing a pairof green speetacles upon his fore
headtrubbing,his iofitmed eyes, and calling
for brandy aid water, he ooMplained to the
Friend that ihir eyes were getting weaker,
and that even spectaeles.didn't scam to do
them any good. 'l'll tell thee, friend, re•
plied, the Quaker, 'what, I think. If tboe
wear" thy' spectacles over thy mouth for
a few month's, 'thy
. eyes would 'got well
again.", • -.
A traveler in Pennsylvania, last Runnier,
asked his .landlord ; if, be had any , cases of sun
stroke. in that,
,town. 'No sir,' .said the
lindhird, 'if a niaci . iete drunk here; we tiny
he la drank, and never-call it by aby - other
flame; - ' - • 7 -
A bachelor"returning the other evening
from an assembly,ip„a crowded coach, "de-
Ightrod,,with.a . groan. that he. had not., the
elightest.objeetion to !rings on his fingers,'
'but he had - a most "nnequivaCal aversion to
'64% on his :toei: '
71E+. iilfet
If, I , l'• 1 1 ,- t •osp, R-ii
Two Eititokii.f 7 ;plfeTe the . recent rebel.
ion; CA' ddri"64 iihott holottiti in
Vichaburgi-i - r thifrir tekmas ilhot-blooded
Southerner; with , aspirit .fiery as his own.
They quarelied,a,, challange,was„ passed
and accepted, aed - the nor( rising sun was
to witness one, if aot•hoth, of their dead
btidieek'ldradolted wiudi-vput
urouddad bouor q , t ,i)urjng khe ; niglst, 40 1 acri r
pp-0'844 , hp, - 1 1 ,p9t. .11p.miag .the
river, and it strUch im, as 'he - heard 'tb6
boat puffing and blocdid, "thitt
was,the ,bettcy part Cr So, he, took
dioli tile ihotitdei,' . and Eit6pPidt, in
the dead 'of the liight;s reirkiiiietty eitt Of
'the bdtel. As. ho. neared ,the. Adah
should: 110. 800 Wit
_his Auktagonis 1,, at the boat
before him, just going„o6, beard 7 , Here.re-
turned as he hid gegcLeut, arid Was 006
gt;?up . d,witti,tiie seconii, root.; With
.difop
rusted wrathi for his antegonist,, and pat!.
lislied . hir6 an aec6hdiiig seotindliD.
A 11:APPr COUPLE.--1 1 he ;Patterson, (N.
J.) G itardirot says MO / whose death
on Saturday was a sad and dreadful event to
a hu4band and seven children, • before ' her
death, called her Husband to her. bedside
and referred, to their tuarriat;e;' to -Cho
fad that they had lived together . until-a son
had arrived at'mauhood and six other
dren had .been born to them, and during all
-these-years, she said not_a_singla-eross_werd_
passed between them — Sties exiirisse-d—libt—
eonfideace_in_hot_hunbay_ef,_
fort_to_ keep_thachildien. to'other, and_died._
ThAre Oe'rety
- -
course,
-
can tlithi racily te theitiet_that olodds'of do,
'nestle bitterness have never shadowed the
marital pathway.' . „
M. MUDIE, tfio author of Some popular
Works on'e•The.'Seasbon," was - originally •a
teacher in _Dundee. Be_hap.p.enod
one of 'a tea-party at the house of Rev. Dr.
M. • The Dr. was reputed for'the suavity ofg
his manners, and his espeoiaLpoliteness-tor
ward-the-fair sex: — llaoding n dish of hon-
ey o one of
ed manner':' •
•"Do take a littlp honey, Miss 'tis
so sweet—so like seagull."
Mr. Mudie could not restrain his native
dish to the hog,. ho exeliimed :
hDrtake—aiittlo_huttetr, 7 doeior-)—tis,so—
eOtt--7sO like; yourseli.'• '
A GENTLEMAN, after hai!ing paid his, ad
dresses to a young lady ,for some time, "pop
ped the iinestion." The lady, in a fright
ened manner: - geld, "Toy scare `me,' Sit I"
The 'gentleman did not wish , to frighten 'the
lady, and consequently remained: quiet. for
some time, when she exclaimed, "Scare me
agar,.'.-
• People who are.always indecently cheer
ful and good , hamored are very useful in the
world. They maintain peace and happiness,
and spread a thankful temper around them.
It has boon well sairibat iwelave no morn
right
,to fling -an., andeoessavy shadow ever
the spirits of those, whom we may casually
moot, than we have to fling a stone anti break
their windows.
An enthusiastic old fellow and his wife
recently visited Niafora Falls. They wor•
shipped the Falls alladay froiu the plaza in
front of their room• and retired lancing of
its wonderp. At. an early hour . the pep
,
tnerning the ola - gentlemae was On. the qui
'iiid;'and 'as soon Its"he saw WO . li'alls',•egain
•ho sang ant : 'Wife till be darned if the
water ain't still going over that dam:
In speaking of a clerical friend, who pos-
sesses a very rubicund countenance, some
ono said,,the other dtiy, don't -think be
diinks In fact I know ire does not, for he
told me so, but he probably sleeps in a bed
With veryrod e curtains'
r
Talk to a woman about religion, she sighs;
talk to bar of 104 e, she simpers; . talk to her
of science, slid' pith to deep. But • talk to
ber of a dress{ and she wig open her eyes,
and
_iire•you the entire attention of her ears.
The Si() great evils of life are said to be
'standing collars, stove-pipe hats, tight bciots,
bad'whislty, and cross women. The last not
the least. •
A verdant Cape Codder, upon seeing a lo
eomotive for the• 'first time, thre w up his
hands, exclaiming. 'By thunder, what a darn
ed great stove.'
. One of the 13corgiu editoirs objects to the
proposed editorial convention in that State.
It says_that the 'affair will only be a big
drunk and 'we can' get drunk at home, on
whisky that We are used to.'
"Off ehe goes," said a lady, speaking of
the train as it was starting. "You have
mistaken the gender madam," a gentleman
said , '"this is. a mail train."
''Tom, I bear yon are broke ? 3
said tom, with a !AO, 'and so broke tt i 'if
steam•boata were selling at a, cent a•picee,
couldn't bay a plank r
If running after tho wontea bit a sin, it is
ono which ie very easily ehooked. Alt that's
necessary,is for the women to atop running
away from, the men.,
Sleeping. on feather beds, or aria 'the bands
raised above the headja •very • ba s e for tho
langs.! So-says a doctor of large experience.
Somebody 'says the Mississippi 9ia4l raise 4
one foot' Whet) it illises the- otifir; it wilL
iprbbably •
, Why isiiviolfn ateing, - s • like an.
'editbr'epoolot r' ji i 4 miens - the note!.
When does's man's ease lie in n nut.sholi?
whom tipt, a, colonel..
41 '-' •
4 " , 4 .7. fa
~ , . ~
res, ho said, in his wont.
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